Transcript pps - Magical Tour To Water World

Oceanographer, Environmentalist, Director, Photographer
Life (1910 – 1997)
 Born in France, near
Bordeaux in 1910, died in
1997 in Paris.
 As a kid, he was in poor
health.
 He was very interested in
mechanics.
School and Career
 He was a good student in
a primary school, but not
later on.
 His father sent him to a
boarding school and
then to a naval academy.
 He was an officer and the
leader of a group for sea
research.
School and Career
 At the age of 25, he had a
car crash in which his both
arms were injured. A
doctor recommended him
swimming as a therapy.
 He went to the
Mediterannean and he
borrowed a diving mask
from a friend.
 So, he has seen the
underwater world for the
first time through a mask
and he fallen in love with
it.
War ages
 During World War II he
served as an officer, but
he also found time to
deal with film and
diving.
 In 1943, he designed the
"water lungs “, diving
equipment with which
he could easily dive in up
to 60 m.
And action...
 In addition to the diving
equipment , Cousteau
also designed an
underwater camera and a
film camera with which
he could make his
movies undisturbed.
Calypso
 In 1950 the Irish
millionaire Guinness
bought the ship Calypso
and sold it to Cousteau
for a frank per year.
 Calypso was equiped
with the latest
technology of its time.
 The boat had a large
glass surface 3 m under
water.
Calypso
 There was a helicopter
and two submarines on
the ship.
His research
 He was researching the
underwater world for
almost 60 years.
 Thanks to him, we have
seen the underwater for
the first time.
 He went where no man
has gone before.
His research
 the Atlantic Ocean, the
Red Sea, New Zealand,
the Pacific Ocean, the
ship wrecks in the
Caribbean, the Amazon
river
His research
 the Polar regions
 We got the first pictures
of the polar ice below the
water level thanks to
him.
His research
 The Danube river
 Lake Baikal
His research
 The Mariana Trench in
1960
His research
 And many more...
 Always with his red cap.
Cousteau's Films
 He took over 120
documentaries from 1943
to his death.
 For the film ¨ The Silent
World ¨ , he won the
Oscar in 1957.
Cousteau's legacy
 “Cousteau society for the
protection of the oceans”
since 1974
 He is still popular and
known today as well as
an endless inspiration ...
At the end...
 Ilets Pigeon (small
islands) in Guadaloupe
(the French Caribbean).
 At the depth of 15 m, he
is waiting for us with the
international divers’
signal ...
 Cousteau’s family goes
his way.